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iPhone 4 sales top 1.7 million

Apple says it has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone 4 through Saturday, June 26, just three days after its launch on June 24. CEO Steve Jobs says it is the most successful product launch in the company’s history.

“Even so, we apologize to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough supply,” he said.

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‘MUG Event Calendar’: a picnic, terminology, Photobook, more

The month of June comes quietly to an end on the “MUG Event Calendar” and the beginning of July’s listings are reduced by the upcoming United States holiday weekend, not to mention the usual summer hiatus so many MUGs take in the northern hemisphere.

Meeting topics and activities this week include a picnic, computer terminology, Tradme, a pro photographer presentation, and a Photobook presentation.

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Market for US mobile broadband about to speed up

The market for mobile broadband connectivity for portable computers has been slow to gain momentum over the past several years. But that’s apparently about to change.

Only in the past 18 months has the U.S. market taken significant steps toward broader adoption beyond the traditional mobile worker. According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, the U.S. mobile broadband market will grow from 6.5 million subscribers in 2009 to 30.2 million in 2014, which accounts for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.1% over the forecast period.

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Strata Enfold lets you create pro, folded 3D designs

By Bruce Bicknell

Do you have a tough time with folded product designs? It requires a lot of trial-and-error to line up graphics across folds, making sure that something doesn’t get out of line when the cuts are made.

Well, hold onto your hats! Strata (http://www.strata.com) has come up with Enfold 3D CX to solve these problems. This product’s tools make the creation of packaging extremely intuitive, allowing designers of all levels to create folded 3D designs directly in Adobe Illustrator.

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Category Review: data acquisition, control software for Mac OS X

imageThis MacNews Category Review looks at Mac software for data acquisition and control. Products covered include Absorbance Extension, ADInstruments, Atmoscular, Biopac Student Lab, BrainVoyager, CardioVison Digital Systems, ConsultantX, DAQ Plot. DataStudio, HOBOWare, InfoScribe, IngredixX, Kmax, LabView, Logger Pro, MacForensics Lab, Modbus View, Multipoint Calibration Extension, PMCS Process Management and Control, Senus Pro, SpectraSuite, SuperLab and XL Stat.

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